Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS software VRRP frame Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Affected Systems:
Cisco Mdms 9000
Description:
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Bugtraq id: 63564
CVE (CAN) ID: CVE-2013-5566

Cisco NX-OS is a data center-Level Operating System.

The Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS software does not properly process VRRP frames, and there is a remote denial of service vulnerability in implementation, the attacker sends VRRP frames verified by AH, this vulnerability can cause affected devices to consume CPU resources and cause DOS.

<* Source: Cisco

Link: http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-5566
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Suggestion:
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Vendor patch:

Cisco
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The vendor has released a patch to fix this security problem. Please download it from the vendor's homepage:

Http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/ps4159/ps4358/